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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2008
Motoki Tsunokawa, Chiba, JP;
Yasufumi Shinagawa, Saitama, JP;
Tatsuya Narahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Motoki Tsunokawa, Chiba, JP;
Yasufumi Shinagawa, Saitama, JP;
Tatsuya Narahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention concerns an information processing apparatus, a method thereof, and a program for allowing the audience to easily search for intended television programs. A server stores characteristic words extracted from television program information in a characteristic word file. The server also stores the extracted characteristic words associated with IDs for identifying television programs in an association file. When the audience selects a characteristic word as an interested word from the characteristic word file, the server reads the ID of a television program corresponding to the selected characteristic word from the association file. The server reads television program information corresponding to the read ID from a television program information file. The server then provides the read television program information to the audience. The present invention can be applied to a recording/reproducing apparatus and a television receiver to provide intended television programs.